Would you buy an NSX with 232k miles?

Yes, yes I would.

Here's the thing: you can buy a V6-powered Honda Accord with more power than a 1993 Acura NSX, and yet, you don't find yourself cruising eBay late at night for generic Japanese sedans. One may have forever altered the face of transportation in America, but the other grabbed the supercar world by the nostrils and (very politely) said, "pay attention!" If you're like us, you want a piece of that legend. NSX prices have consistently flirted with accessibility for the common man over the past five years, but this particular example is something new.

The goons at Bring a Trailer dug up this '93 with 232,000 miles on the odometer. At press time, the auction's clawed its way up to $16,100 with four days left to go. Let me be clear: that's less than the cost of a Fiesta ST. Now, the car doesn't just have high miles: According to the seller, it needs some work, including brakes all the way around, a new clutch, flywheel, master cylinder, and slave cylinder, as well as a radiator, valvecover gaskets, cam plug seals, and a timing belt and water pump.

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That's not a short shopping list. Some quick poking around on RockAuto and ParksGreek shows most of those bits are reasonably priced. The biggest ticket item is the clutch kit at $1609.51 and the radiator at $375. All in, including brake hoses and a clutch hose, you're looking around $2756.16 in parts, plus shipping and fluids.

That's not outrageous, especially if you've got the space and the patience to turn the wrenches yourself. This car will never be a show queen, but it could be one hell of a daily driver, and $20,000 is a small price to pay for a car that won't kill your soul on the morning commute. Someone clearly loved this car enough to rack up a quarter of a million miles over the past 21 years. Now it's time for someone else to carry that torch. If you buy it, we call dibs on a drive around the block.